Category Archives: marriage

It’s My Blog

Posted on 2012/02/16 by circuskitchen

..and I can use it therapeutically if I want to. Right? Well I say yes. So if you’re not interested then read no further. In my last post I blurted out the nightmare I had. Sorry if it was unpleasant … Continue reading →

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Nightmare

Posted on 2012/02/15 by circuskitchen

So, I’m lying awake in bed with my daughter trying to perpetually nurse unsuccesfully, unable to go to sleep, when… Suddenly I am driving down the Southeast Expressway (93 South from Boston). If you have never been in a crash … Continue reading →

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Valentimes

Posted on 2012/02/14 by circuskitchen

So we did it.  By doing “IT,” we proved we COULD do it.  But what did we do?  And at what cost?  Here’s what went down.  Seeing as: 1) I have wrought unto my family a Reign of Holy Terror … Continue reading →

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Bed Rest, Baby!

Posted on 2012/01/03 by circuskitchen

Amid clawing our way out from under the Deluge of Holiday Delights (about which I haven’t even *begun* posting), alas and alack I have thrown out my back.  After a debilitating night robbed of sleep, much needed meds, a desperate dose … Continue reading →

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Best Thing in Baseball Since…

Posted on 2011/11/14 by circuskitchen

Today in the news it was revealed that Jonathan Papelbon -our fearless and nearly invincible “closer” on the Boston Red Sox pitching staff for the past several years- has signed on with the Phillies.  As a Red Sox fan -and … Continue reading →

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A Glorious Sunday

Posted on 2011/11/13 by circuskitchen

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Careening Wildly

Posted on 2011/11/13 by circuskitchen

Life continues to careen wildly.  As you say Mom, “Life is good there’s just so much of it.” Sunday was so radical.  Paul and I got ourselves and FOUR kids (ours plus Boharts) to church and back, all on bikes, … Continue reading →

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Fall Fashion for MEN

Posted on 2011/11/10 by circuskitchen
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Better Than…

Posted on 2011/11/03 by circuskitchen

After relenting and putting on a video for our boy today, my mom mercifully assured me on the phone, “A video is better than fighting.”  Regrettably, “fighting” -with my 3 year old!- is one of the ways in which I … Continue reading →

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L-I-V-I-N

Posted on 2011/09/29 by circuskitchen

This morning I fed and cleaned and powdered our gorgeous girl and dressed her in leopard pants, fur boots and a shirt that says “Wild About Daddy,” and presented her as a gift to Paul.  He cooed, and she burst … Continue reading →

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